Box Hill VIC, 3128
Box Hill Real Estate: Suburb Profile
Making a move to Box Hill, VIC 3128? It's important to evaluate if the area is suitable for your lifestyle and or financial circumstances. The Homes.com.au suburb profile aims to give you a better understanding of Box Hill median property prices, market trends & demographics so we can help you make an informed decision about your potential move to the suburb.
If you are new to Box Hill, have a little read of our historical overview to discover the fantastic lifestyle and what the suburb has to offer.
Overview Box Hill is a suburb 14 kilometres east of Melbourne's Central Business District. It used to be a small city with its own suburbs until it was integrated into the growing Melbourne metropolis. According to the 2016 census, it had a population of 11,395.
Living in Box Hill Box Hill is a major transportation hub for its surrounding suburbs east of the Melbourne CBD. The Lilydale and Belgrave railway lines serve the Box Hill railway station. The station is linked to a significant bus terminus which provides transport to other Melbourne suburbs.
Since it used to have its own CBD, Box Hill has lively commerce. It has a shopping precinct and two shopping centres called North and South, all of which are well-served by the transport system.
Box Hill has several health facilities, which include Box Hill Hospital and the private Epworth Eastern hospital.
It also has many schools providing education for all levels. Adult education is also available at Box Hill Institute of TAFE and St Leo International College.
Box Hill is known for its large Chinese community and its generally multi-cultural demographics.
History of Box Hill Box Hill was first settled by the squatter Arundel Wrighte in 1838. It was suburbanized after the Second World War and eventually developed into its own small municipality. It was absorbed into Melbourne in the 1950s.
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